Gray v. State, Ex Rel. Putnam

On August 4, 1926, John W. Gray, as mayor of the city of Marietta, removed Rollo G. Putnam, then filling the office of chief of police of that city. Putnam thereupon appealed from this order of removal to the civil service commission of the city, and that commission, after a hearing, affirmed the order of removal. Thereafter Putnam appealed from the decision of the commission to the court of common pleas of Washington county. That court after a full hearing decided the question at issue in favor of Putnam and entered its judgment to that effect. To this judgment, John W. Gray, as mayor, filed…